Engineer

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced AI Applied Engineer (Full Time, Permanent) to join our team.

This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.

This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career.

Our Perks And Benefits

At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits.

• Flexible working
• Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise Agreement
• Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Fertility leave
• Corporate wear allowance
• Professional development and educational assistance
• Access to remote area benefit packaging – based on work location
• Salary starting from $137,125 base + 12% Super
• And so much more!
  
  

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure data pipelines (ETL/ELT) that integrate large and complex datasets to enable AI solutions, advanced analytics, and data-driven decision making.
• Develop and manage feature stores to support AI and machine learning models, deploy trained models as production-ready APIs, and implement MLOps practices to automate model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure AI and data solutions comply with data governance frameworks, privacy legislation, and cyber security standards, maintaining strong documentation, controls, and processes to protect data integrity, confidentiality, and regulatory compliance.
• Build and maintain enterprise databases, analytical data stores, and AI-ready data marts, leveraging automation, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD pipelines to improve scalability, resilience, and adaptability.
• Stay current with emerging AI, data engineering, and cloud technologies, contribute to proof-of-concepts and innovation trials, and continuously improve WaterNSW’s data and AI capabilities to deliver better outcomes for customers and communities.
  
  

• Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated professional experience.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Azure Data certifications (e.g. Azure Data Engineer, Azure Solutions Architect, or equivalent).
• Proven understanding of Azure Data Factory (ADF) for orchestrating data ingestion, transformation, and data warehouse / lakehouse architectures.
• Demonstrated experience in data management and data engineering, supporting enterprise reporting, analytics, and AI use cases.
• Strong expertise in data modelling and ETL/ELT strategies, enabling reliable and performant analytics and AI workloads.
• Ability to design and build end-to-end data platforms that support integration, reporting, business intelligence, and data science use cases.
  
  

At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility – and the way we work – with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals.

When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you’re required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.

We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities.

More About Our Team / Culture

No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.

Who is WaterNSW?

WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.

We’re the people taking care of the state’s water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering. Find out more at waternsw.com.au.

For more information, please reach out to: Nathan Hollis (Nathan.Hollis@waternsw.com.au)

 

Please note applications for this position will close on 6 March 2026, 5.00 pm. 

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